New Hungarian President Inaugurated

Dr. Tamás Sulyok, the new Hungarian President of the Republic, was inaugurated this Sunday afternoon in a ceremony held in front of the Sándor Palace, the residence of the President in the Buda Castle.  

"To serve the country and the nation is the greatest honor," President Tamás Sulyok declared in his inaugural speech. "Law is my support, the compass of my whole life, and I wish to work in accordance and faithfully with it," he said.

He added that Hungary is a country with more than a thousand years of statehood, based on the principle of popular sovereignty, and the President of the Republic has the duty to represent this state in the powers defined by the Basic Law.

In his view, mutual respect is the yardstick between nations, as it is between humans, adding that everyone is equal before the law. He stressed that he and his wife would always be at the side of those who need them most, the needy, the fallen and the distressed.

Tamás Sulyok said that "as Hungarians, we are intertwined with the destiny of Europe, enriching it with our own characteristics, and we can strengthen the continent as long as we can do so as Hungarians. The difficulty of our task is that the future of Europe depends not only on us, but on the European nations as a whole, on each and every member of the community. That is why it is of the utmost importance that at least we Hungarians stand on firm ground in this uncertainty," he stressed.

The head of state stressed that the fulfilment of the good life, security, order, justice and freedom is possible if citizens and the state share a common goal. It is not possible to go against the will of the people, the state must serve its citizens, he noted.

Public trust must be the building block of 21st century Hungary, "without it, our democratic state cannot be imagined; without trust, there can be no functioning state, economy or legal system," he stated. Without sincerity, there can be no trust, and sincerity can only be shown through dialogue, he said, promising to strengthen mutual understanding instead of suspicion, and to ensure respect instead of vilification.